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15 Adrift, tem])craiice drama, 3 acts, by C W. Babcock, M. D 4 

JrO Alarmingly Suspicious, comedieita, 1 act, J. P. Simpson 4 3 

39 A Life's Kevcui,'e, drama, 3 acts, by W. E. Suter 7 5 

7S An Awlul Criuunal, farco. 1 act, by J. Talgrave Simpson 3 3 

13 An Uiihapny Fair, etliiopian farco. 1 act, by G. W. H. Griffin 1 1 

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42 Domes;ic Felicity, farce, 1 act, by Hattie L. Lambla 1 1 

CO Drive. 1 to the Wall, play, 4 acts, by A. D. Ames IJ* 3 

27 Fetter Lane to Graveseud, ethiopean farce 2 

13 Gvemsiny Wife, farce, 1 act, by W\E. Suter 3 3 

1 17 Hal Hazard, military drama, 4 acts, by Fred. G. Andrews 8 3 

50 How She Has Her Own Way, sketch in 1 act, by Ida M. Buxton 1 3 

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74 How to Tame Your Mother-in-law, farce. 1 act. by H. J. Byron 4 2 

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Cast of Characters as performed at Teinperance Hall, Woonsocket, 
R. I., March 8, 1872. 

Mr. Brown, Mr. Wilfred H. Flye, 

Mrs. Brown, Miss Ida M, Buxton, 



Time — the Present. 



Place — Anywhere. 



Time in representation twenty minutes. 



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♦ SCENE — Nicely furnished sitting room. 

Enter Brown, r. 

Mr. B. Just as I expected 1 Nobody at home, the fire all out and no 
signs of any supper. Contound it all, I won't stand this any longer; after 
working bard all day, a man naturally likes a comfortable home to go to, 
and a good square meal awaiting him, but this coming to a deserted house 
and fi.nding everything at sixes and sevens is enough to provoke the right- 
eous indignation of a veritable saint. 0, you jolly old bachelors, I enry 
you your free and easy life ! Yet there was a time when I didn't, and hap- 
py days those were, everything about the house was cheery, and Maria so 
kind and attentive, but ever since this Woman's Rights business has been 
going on, she has been an altered woman; but I've put up with the non- 
sense Jong enough, now I will insist upon having my rights respected. 

Enter Mrs. Brown, r. 

Jfrs. B. What, you home so early my dear ? 

Mr. B. {with sarcasm) Yes, my dear ; after my day's Inbor is ended 
where should I be but at home? If I followed your example I should W 
gadding about town, nineteen hours out of twenty-four, paying little atten- 
tion to home. 

Mrs. B. Thomas, how can you be so cruel I You know no woman in 
the world, thinks more of her home and family than I. 

Mr. B. I dare say. You certainly displayed extraordinary maternal 
anxiety yesterday, when you ran over to Mrs. Hilton's Lo denounce the 
oppression of your sex ; when I came home, Johnny had upset a pail o^ 



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soft soap on the parlor carpet, and was mopping it up with your best ailk 

gown. 

Mrs. B. Well, accidents will happen in the best regulated of families, 
and nothing of the kind ever occured before. 

Mr. B. 0, no, I didn't come home the other day, to find he had filled 
my best silk hat with molasess, and was in the act of banging the baby's 
hair with a razor, did I ? 

Mrs. B. That was all your fault, you should have put your hat and 
shaving case out of his reach. 

Mr, B. Indeed! Well, what should 1 do when I come home and find 
the dinner burned to a coal ! 

Mrs. B. Shall I never hear the last of that ? It is over a month since 
I burned that dinner. You keep a very good memorandum af every little, 
tiny thing I do, but you never look to your own short-comings; I would 
like to know — 

Mr. B. I would like to know, how much longer this sort of business is 
to last. I am tired and disgusted with the whole proceeding. Woman's 
Rights from sunrise until sunset; you can't hear, see or think of anything 
else. Every step you take you run across Woman's Rights Conventions, 
and not an inch of bill board from one end of town to the other, but is cov- 
ered with their hideous posters. I should think it was about time somo 
one said something abouts the rights of married men. You can tell the 
husband of a Woman's Rights advocate as soon as you see him, the signs 
are infallible; he has a half-starved expression in his face, his clothes are 
always minus buttons, his whole appearance plainly shows that his wife 
considers his comfort of far less importance than her political aspirations. 

Mrs. B. You think we women should be content with a life of house- 
hold drudgery, and never have an aspiration beyond boiling cabbage and 
frying doughnuts, but the time has come when women have awakened to a 
realization of their proper sphere, and while we are willing to preform every 
duty we protest against being slaves. 

Mr. B. Slaves, indeed ! You are deprived of freedom, that's a fact; it i^ 
a wonder these women don't come in a body, and rescue you from your ter- 
rible bondage. 

Mrs. B. You are wasting your saroa3m,8ir. The efforts of you men to 
cast ridicule upon our noble cause are in vain; under our present leader- 
ship and system, we are sure to win our legal rights. 

Mr. B. Rights, rights ! thunder, how I hate that word. You seem 
to think you already have the right to drive everybody crazy with your 
infernal sufferage theories, and continually neglect your house in every 
manner possible. 

Mrs. B. I defy you to prove that accusation. I think I am as particular 
■about my house, as any woman in town. There are matters however, too 
trivial for the notice of noble-minded, patriotic women, who have souls 
above the petty trials of every-day life. 

Mr. B. Souls, indeed! Well, madam, ray stockings have no soles ; 
I haven't a pair to my name but has holes in them big enough for a mam- 
moth cave, and not a shirt with a button on, do you hear that Maria? 



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Mrs. B. Certainly; you are speaking loud enough for the wliole neigh- 
borhood to hear. You needn't make so much fuss about your apparel. I 
intended to have mended the articles yesterday, but I really forgot them. 

Mr. B. Forgot them, did you ? But you didn't forget to ferret out that 
old snap-dragon some where on tumble-down lane, who has made herself 
ridiculous by refusing to pay taxe.<?, until she is allowed to vote ; you didn't 
forget to run all over town, to enlist people in her cause, did you ? 

Mrs. B. Now Thomas Brown, you know, if ever a woman was ill-treated 
and unjustly taxed its Mercy Tallman, and I am sure some one ought to 
intercede in her behalf, this paying taxes — 

Mr. B. What do women know about paying taxes, I'd like to inquire? 

Mrs. B. We know when our sex is abused by law, and how to resent it 
also. 

Mr. B. What are the few paltry dollars of tax, Mercy Tallman ought ta 
pay the community, in comparison with the tax which we husbands of Wo- 
man's Rights advocates have to endure! The tax on our patience, our 
temper and our purse until we are fairly driven wild, and frequently, wish 
that the woman who invented the outrageous plan had been struck hj 
lightning before she could have expressed them. I'm nearly beside my- 
self; I'Te three minds to pack my trunk and emigrate to somecountrj 
where such ideas were never dreamed of. 

Mrs. B. If this storm ia to continue I shall bid you a hearty farewell, 
and believe that ere you have been long in that country the inhabitants 
will be emigrating to some region, where Thomas Brown's temper was nerer 
dreamed of. 

Mr. B. Really,how sarcastic we are! Mp.y I ask if you have tound that 
order book you mislaid the other day, I need it sadly at the ofl&ce. 

Mrs.'^B. No, not yet; I have had no time to look for it. 

Mr. B. No time! Of course not. But you have plenty of time to run 
here and there, in and out, up and down, through e\Qry street, lane, alley 
and avenue in town, with a petition half a mile long, praying the legisla- 
ture to look with merciful eyes upon the sorrows of women, and bestow up- 
on them the rights of ballot, but if I want anything you have no time. 

Mrs. B. There Thomas Brown, I have endured your insolence long 
enough, (sobbing) If there ever was an ill-treated, unappreciated woman 
in this wide world it is myself. When I am in my grave, you will bitterly 
repent your unkindness and realize the worth of the lost. 

Mr. B. Now Maria, there's no use in getting sentimental, you needn't 
go to sniffling, for tears have no effect upon a man who is half-starved and 
just at present asks no greater blessing than a good square meal. 

Mrs. B. There you go again. You think of nothing but victuals and 
drink, and seem to imagine my sole duty is to devise fresh delicacies for 
your palate. O, I am tired of this life, fault-linding from morning till night 
all the year round. 

Mr. B. You are no more tired of it than I am, and for the last time, 1 
tell you I will endure your conduct no longer ; unless you can attend to 
jour house, I will leave it and gladly give you and your Woman's Rights 



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friend full possession. But as there are no signs of procuring any supper 
in this house, I will follow my usual custom and go down to the restaurant, 
leaving you at liberty to canvass for Mrs. Rogers, whom you wish to nomi- 
nate for the next President, or ponder on the eligibility of Mrs. Sraitherg 
to the position of Chief of Police, both questions of vast importance to the 
nation. (exit, l. 

Mrs. B, The cross old bear! I am glad he is gone, now I shan't hare 
to bother about any supper, and as the children are asleep, I will take my 
•ewing an<l run over to Mr8. Wheelock's to discuss the movements of our 
last Convention. 



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g Act First. — The fisherman's home — reminiscences of the wreck. The gath. 
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©expresses her opinion of him — Pepper tells his story — The sunset gun — The 

3 storm breaks — Susie's secret— Pepper strucMlby lightning — A signal of dis- 
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u ideas and Pepper gives her a few more — The old fisherman falls a victim to 
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30 meeting of Clyde and St. Morris — The combat — Death of Clyde, "Oh, Hea- 
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^ she is 'slurred.' — Lillian (^ommunes with her own thoughts — The Colonel ar« 
M rives — Pepper takes him in charge and relates a wonderful whaling story— 
^ Restoration of the stolen money — "The same face. Heavens ! I cannot be 
g mistaken." "It's all out." — The Colonel finds a daughter — He tells the 
§5 story of his escape from the wreck — Old friends meet — The Colonel's propo- 
sal and acceptance. "Bress de Lawd." — Happy ending, with song and 
ehorus.— "Wait Fob Tdk Turn Or Thk Tide." 



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G9 Mother's Fool, farce, J act, by W. Henri Wilkins 

1 Mr. .V: Mrs. Priuj^le. farce, I act, by Don T. Do Treuba Cosio 

23 My Heart's in the Highlands, farce, 1 act .'."""' 

32 My Wife's Relations, comedietta, 1 act, by Walter Gordon" 

'.)(> No Cure No Pay, Ethiopian farce, 1 act, by (i. W. H Gr^flin'.'y" 

(5) Not as Deaf as He Seems. Ethiopian farce. 1 act . . 

37 Not so Bad After All, comedy, 3 acts, by Wybert Reeve. ."! !^ 

44 Obedience, Comedietta, 1 act, by Hattie L. Lambia 

81 Old Phirs Birthday, drama, 2 act--, by J. P. Wooler ".".''.*.'.'/ 

;« On tlie Sly, farce, 1 act, by John Madison Morton 

109 Other People's Children, Ethiopian farce, 1 ;.ct, by A. KFidd.!' 
IJli Our Dang Iters, society come'ily, 4 acts, by Fred L. Greenwood..".".". 

85 Outcast's Wife, drama, 3 acts, oy Colin H. Hazehvood ' 

83 Out on the World, drama, 3 acts '..'.'...., 

.VJ Gilt in the Streets, temperance drama. 3 acts, by 8, N. Cook!!!!!!„ 

57 Paddy Miles' Boy, Irish farce, 1 act, by James Pilgrim 5 2 

29 j'ainter of Ghent, play, 1 act, i)y Douglass JerroUi ''.".'.'.".".'"J 5 i 

114 Passions, comedy, 4 acts, by F. Marmadnke Dey "[[ 8 I 

18 Poacher's Doom, domestic dram ■, 3 acts, by A. D, \.mQi ...,..," [[ 8 3 

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110 Rever.-es, domestic drama, 5 acts, by A. Newton Field '..'.".'.'. 1:2 G 

45 Hock Allen the orphai;, drama, 1 act, by W. Henri Wdkins '.'.'.'. 5 ;i 

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5'.) Saved, temperance sketch, 1 act, by Kdwin Tardy '"" ^ 3 

48 Schnaps, Dutch farce, 1 act, by M. A. D. Cliffton '.." i i 

107 > chool, Etliiopian farce. 1 act, by A. Newton Field "50 

115 S. H. .i. M. Pinafore, burlesque, 1 act. by W. Henri Wilkins. ...!'.'! 5 3 

f5 Somebody's Nobody, farce, 1 act, by C. A. Maliby , 3 2 

91 Sixteen Thousand Years Ago, Elliiopian farce, 1 act 3 

25 Sport with a Sportsman, Ethiopian farce, 1 act , .....l 2 

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10 Stocks Up, Stocks Down, Ethiopian farce, 1 act '.[* 2 

G2 Ten Nights in a Bar Room, temperance drama, 5 acts ^ 3 

U4 Tiiat Boy Sam, Etliiopian farce, 1 act, by I'. L. Cutler ..." 3 1 

40 That Myst'-rious Bundle, farce, 1 act. by II. L. Lambia 2 2 

38 Tlie Bewitched Closet, sketch, 1 act, by H. L. Lambia ..., 5 2 

87 Tlie Biter Bit, comedy, 2 acts, by Barham Livius 5 2 

111 The Coming Man, farce, 1 act, by W. Henri Wilkins 3 i 

07 The F;ilse Friend, drama, 2 acts, by CJeorue S. Vautrot U i 

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118 Tlie Popconr.Man. Ethiopian farce, 1 act. by A. Newum Field 3 1 

71 Tne Reward of Crime, drama, 2 acts, by \V. Henri w ilkius 5 3 

10 The Serf, tia-edy, 5 acts, by R. Talbot G 3 

G8 The Sham Professor, farce, 1 act, by F. L. Cutler.. 4 

G The Studio, Ethiopian farce, 1 act 3 

102 Turn of the Tide, temperance drama. 3 acts, by W. Ileuri Wilkins.. 7 4 

54 Tlie Two T. J's, farci, 1 act, by Martin Beecher 4 2 

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28 Thirty-three next Bin hday, farce, 1 act, by M. Morton 4 2 

108 Those Awful Boys, Ethiopian farce, 1 act, by A. Newton Field 5 

G.5 Three Glasses a D;iy, temperance drama, 2 acts, W. Henri Wilkius.. 4 2 

105 Through Snow and Sunshine, drama, 5 acts 6 4 

4 Twain's Dodgini.', Etliiopian farce. 1 act, by A. Newton Field 3 1 

5 When Women Weep, ci.meilielta, 1 act, by J. N. Gotthold 3 2 

5G Wooing 1 nder Dillicullies, farce, 1 act, by J. T. Douglobs 4 3 

41 Won at Last, comedy drama, 3 act-, by Wybert Reeve ' 7 3 

70 Whicn will he Marry, farce, 1 act, by Thomas £. Wilks 2 8 

58 Wrecked, temperance drama. 2 acts, by .\. D. Ames 9 3 

111 Yankee Duelist, farcw, 1 act, by A. Newton Field 2 2 



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Zella Careo, 4 male and 2 female characters. Amateurs will find this a 
capital play for their use, and if looking for something suitable will not be 
disappointed. Time of performance, 1 and 3-4 hours. 

Wanted a Husband." A Dutch Sketch in 1 scene, by F. L. Cutler, 
2 male, J female. Very funny. Tinie 20 minutes. 

Culfs L.uek An Ethiopian Sketch, by F. L. Cutler, 2 males, 1 fe- 
male. Another of Mr. Culler's best. Time 15 minutes. 

Old Pompey. An Ethiopian Sketch in 1 scene, by F. L. Cutler, I 
male, 1 female. Good character for an aged darkey impersonator. Will 
always please. Time 20 minutes. 

Taking tlie Census. An original Farce in 1 scene, by Ida M. Bux- 
ton, 1 male, 1 female. A very laughable piece, giving the experience of a 
census taker with a deaf old lady. Will furnish ample sport. Scene, a 
plain room ,• time, about twenty minutes. 

Happy Frank's Coiuie Song; and J®ke Book. Contains a 
choice collection of original Songs, Jokes, Conundrums, Stump Speeches, 
etc. In addition to the above, it also contains one complete Dutch Sketch, 
one Ethiopian Farce and a Negro Sketch, all of which have never before 
been published. Price 15 cents per copy. 

All the above Plays 15 cents each. 

Address, A. D. AMES, Publisher, 

Clyde, Ohio. 



